John panning



J. FANNING. Lemon Squeezer.

Patented Oct. 19, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FANNING, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FLORENCE L. BURGHARD, JESSIE L. FANNING, AND ELIDA H. PURDY, OF SAME PLACE.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,339, dated October 19, 1880.

Application filed January 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FANNING, of the city of Brooklyn, in Kings county and State of New York, have invented a certain new 5 and useful Improvement in Lemon-Squeezers,

(Case B,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the combination, in alem on-squeezer, of a standard, a sector-shaped 1o receptacle secured to the standard by means of a pin passing through lugs upon the standard and receptacle and a presser pivoted in such relation to the receptacle that it may be moved toward the back thereof to squeeze the T 5 lemon sidewise, and provided with a handle,

whereby it may be operated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is I a side view of a lemon-squeezer embodying my improvements, showing the arc-shaped recep- 2o tacle in section, and Fig. 2 is a perspective back view of the receptacle detached, including certain of its appurtenances and fastenings.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates a base-piece, of wood or other suitable material; and B designates a stand ard, of cast-iron or other appropriate metal, secured thereto, as here shown, by screws a.

O designates a sector-shaped receptacle for lemons or half-lemons to be squeezed, open at the front and having an arc-shaped bottom, provided near the back with openings or per forations b. The back of this receptacle is'bifurcated or recessed at the top as at c, to em- 3 brace the upper part of the standard B, bears against a stud, 0?, extending from the standard B, and near the bottom is provided with lugs e, which straddle a lug, f, extending from the front of the standard, and are fastened thereto by a removable pin, g. By removing the pin 9 the receptacle 0 may be readily detached for cleaning.

D designates a presser consisting of a plate of metal or other material of about the width of the interior of the receptacle 0, pivoted to a fulcrum-pin, h, in the upper end of the standard B, so that it may be moved forward and backward in the said receptacle. This presser may be operated by means of a lever, E, which, as here shown, may be cast in the same piece with it, and consequently have the same fulcrum.

The fulcrum-pin h, to which the presser l) is pivoted, is arranged in position forward of the inner wall of the back of the receptacle, and the operating-face of said presser extends radially to said fulcrum-pin or pivot, so that when said presser is brought into a position parallel with the inner wall of said receptacle a sufficient space is left between the operatingface of the presser and said wall for the accommodation of the lemon-rind, and the pressure is applied uniformly to the whole surface of the half-lemon, as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. l.

Half-lemons are placed with the cut sides downward in the receptacle 0, and on the backward movement of the presser l) are squeezed sidewise, so that the juice will be forced out from the out side through the openings or perforations b in the bottom of the receptacle.

It will be seen that I thus produce a very cheap and effective lemon-squeezerof remarkable simplicity and little liable to get out of order.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the standard B, the receptacle G, lugs e and f, and pin 9, presser D, and lever E.

JOHN FANNING.

Witnesses:

CHANDLER HALL, T. J. KEANE. 

